However we might feel about it, there's no doubt that AI is here, and it will stay.

For me, the question has always been about the appropriate and most beneficial use of AI... my worry there is the humans, not the AI!

I remember some truism I read a while back; (mis)quoted as: "If AI automation is so great, why are we using AI to create paintings and compose music, while I still have to wash my dishes and do my laundry manually?"

Recently, a friend's life was — in essence — saved by the mediacal diagnostic powers of AI. She queried using her entire medical history and lab results... and AI came up with an accurate "most likely" diagnosis that doctors had completely missed, mostly because no doctor is a speciaist across 50 fields, but AI can collate and analyze that data.

Using AI to create your written content because you're too lazy or inept yourself simply tells me that you're in the wrong field.

As you suggest, it's the story tellers that will thrive. At least... I hope you're right. I enjoy the creative period, and I'm damn sure not going to hand that off to automation, just in search of expediency.

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